FC Bayern responded to the trophy debacle at Borussia Mönchengladbach with a big win at Union Berlin. Is everything all right now? Not at all, says Thomas Müller and expresses understanding for some derisive comments.
Und then the Chancellor spoke. At the end of a turbulent week, to put it more discreetly, Angela Merkel said: “Maybe Joshua Kimmich is still thinking about it. He is known as a very reflective footballer. ”The sentence ran a few hours before the FC Bayern game at 1. FC Union, which Munich should win 5: 2 (3: 1) on the news ticker.
That the record champions won their game in Berlin would be, well, normal under normal circumstances. After these days, which had shaken even the storm-tested Bayern Munich, the success was remarkable. A nationwide debate was held about the unvaccinated Kimmich. Coach Julian Nagelsmann has been leading the team from his kitchen for over a week because he is not allowed to leave his house due to a corona infection.
Defense attorney Lucas Hernandez almost had to vacate his house because the Spanish judiciary wanted him to be jailed for six months. His lawyers were able to avert the prison sentence at the last minute because of a disregard of a no-go to his current wife. And finally the team went down in the cup 0: 5 (0: 3) in Mönchengladbach on Wednesday.
The task now was to find an answer to the historical disgrace. She came. Very quickly, directly and violently. However, the aftershock should not materialize. The team, which has changed to four positions, initially left no doubt as to how great their interest is in not playing 1: 1 against Union again. This happened to Bayern twice in the preseason.
Union struggled as best it could
In the 15th minute, Paul Jaeckel blocked a shot from Leroy Sané with his arm, Robert Lewandowski used the penalty and eight minutes later the 2-0 was added. Now the Pole chased a free kick into the goal of the hosts. When Leroy Sané then completed a nice attack to make it 3-0 before the break (34th), Nagelsmann was able to relax in his kitchen. But it was too early for him to switch to the conference at Sky.
Because defensive mistakes crept in again. When Josip Stanisic failed to reach the ball, Niko Gießelmann reduced the score to 1: 3 (43.), and only a minute later it would have been almost 2: 3, but Taiwo Awoniyi was just offside when he scored. The sign of the Berliners, who are now acting at eye level, was still clear: What happened to Bayern in Gladbach, they would not see against Bayern.
Thomas Müller put the lid on in Berlin
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In fact, Union pushed hard for the connection after the break and embarrassed Munich several times, but the next goal was scored by the guests. But Kingsley Coman’s remarkable hit (60th) did not bring Union to its knees. Substitute Julian Ryerson shortened again (64th).
Only when Thomas Müller also scored the 5: 2 (80th) did the stormy week finally come to a conciliatory end. Even if the goalscorer rated it a little differently. “When FC Bayern crashes out of the cup with a 5-0 crash, it’s okay if there is one or two slogans below the belt. We’re not made of sugar, “said Müller:” We’re here now, we’ve won. But we’re out of the cup anyway. The competition was important to us. Accordingly, it is not the case that everything is good now. “
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